Technical Specifications - Lenovo Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 Product Manual

Table 3. Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6, 16 Gb (Gen 5), and 8 Gb FC HBAs feature comparison
Feature
Part numbers
Host interface
IOPS performance
16 Gb FC SFP+ transceiver support
8 Gb FC SFP+ transceiver support
16 Gbps speed support
8 Gbps speed support
4 Gbps speed support
ClearLink support
ExpressLane support
Logins and Exchanges
SR-IOV support
Important: Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC HBAs offer better performance and scalability with lower power
consumption, while fitting into the same price band, compared to Emulex 16 Gb (Gen 5) FC HBAs.

Technical specifications

The Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 FC HBAs have the following specifications:
Based on the LPe31000 (single port) and LPe31002 (dual port) adapters
I/O controller: Emulex Engine 501 (XE501) I/O Controller (IOC)
Host interface: PCIe 3.0 x8
Ports: Single-port and dual-port SFP+ based adapters
Link speed: Support for 16 Gb, 8 Gb and 4 Gb FC link speeds, which are automatically negotiated
Data rate: 14.025 Gbps (1600 MBps), 8.5 Gbps (800 MBps), and 4.25 Gbps (400 MBps) autosensing
(per port), with full duplex
Performance: Up to 1,600,000 IOPS
Industry standards:
Current ANSI/IETF standards: FC-PI-4, FC-PI-5, FC-PI-6 , FC-FS-3, FC-LS-2, FC-GS-6, FC-
DA, FC-DA2, FCP-4, SPC-4, SBC-3, and SSC-4
Legacy ANSI/IETF standards: FC-PH, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3, FC-PI, FC-PI-2, FC-PI-3, FC-FS,
FC-GS-2/3/4/5, FCP-2/3, FC-HBA, FC-TAPE, FC-MI, SPC-3, SBC-2, SSC-2, and SSC-3
Topology: Point-to-point and switched fabric
Hot-pluggable 16 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP+ short wave optical transceivers (850 nm) with LC
connectors (included with the adapters). Note: Other transceivers are not supported.
Emulex 16 Gb Gen 6 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
16 Gb FC Gen 6 16 Gb FC (Gen 5)
01CV830 81Y1655
01CV840 81Y1662
PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
1.6 M IOPS 1.2 M IOPS
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
16,127 8,192
255 VFs 255 VFs
8 Gb FC
42D0485
42D0494
PCIe 2.0 x8
0.2 M IOPS (per port)
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
4,096
No
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